FLEMING, John 1st Earl of Wigtown, 6th Lord Fleming, ¹

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John married Lilias GRAHAM, daughter of John GRAHAM 3rd Earl of Montrose, Chancellor & Viceroy of Scotland and Jean DRUMMOND, 12 and 13 January 1585(1586)(contract).¹ (Lilias GRAHAM was born about 1568.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (John Fleming) married, first (contract dated at Kincardine, Airth and Callendar 12 and 13 January 1585-86), Lilias Graham, only daughter of John, third Earl of Montrose"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹

John next married Sarah MAXWELL, daughter of John MAXWELL 4th Lord Herries of Terregles, jure uxoris and Agnes HERRIES Baroness Herries of Terregles (suo jure ), after 6 April 1608.¹ (Sarah MAXWELL was born about 1570, died in March 1636 ¹ and was buried on 29 March 1636 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (John Fleming) married .... secondly, Sarah Maxwell, eldest daughter of John, Lord Herries, and relict of Sir James Johnston of Johnston, who had died 6 April 1608. She had a charter of the lands of Thornyquhat in Dumfriesshire 12 December 1620"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹